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Raekwon “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…” (1995)

“Me and the RZA connect, blow a fuse, you lose - half-ass crews get demolished and bruised”

Raekwon “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…” (1995)

Tracks

1

Striving For Perfection

2

Knuckleheadz (featuring Ghostface Killah & U-God)

3

Knowledge God

4

Criminology (featuring Ghostface Killah)

5

Incarcerated Scarfaces

6

Rainy Dayz (featuring Ghostface Killah & Blue Raspberry)

7

Guillotine (Swordz) (featuring Inspectah Deck, Ghostface Killah & GZA)

8

Can It Be All So Simple (Remix) (featuring Ghostface Killah)

9

Shark Niggas (Biters)

10

Ice Water (featuring Ghostface Killah & Cappadonna)

11

Glaciers Of Ice (featuring Masta Killa & Ghostface Killah)

12

Verbal Intercourse (featuring Nas & Ghostface Killah)

13

Wisdom Body (featuring Ghostface Killah)

14

Spot Rusherz

15

Ice Cream (featuring Method Man, Ghostface Killah & Cappadonna)

16

Wu-Gambinos (featuring Method Man, RZA, Masta Killa & Ghostface Killah)

17

Heaven & Hell (featuring Ghostface Killah)

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Raekwon‘s debut solo album. Release date: August 1, 1995.

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… is the solo debut album Wu-Tang Clan member Raekwon, released on August 1, 1995, by Loud Records and RCA Records. The album was loosely composed to play like a film with Raekwon as the “star,” fellow Wu-Tang member Ghostface Killah as the “guest-star,” and producer RZA as the “director.” It features appearances from every member of the Wu-Tang Clan and affiliates Cappadonna, and Blue Raspberry. It also features an acclaimed guest appearance from rapper Nas, which marked the first collaboration with a non-affiliated artist on a Wu-Tang related album.

Upon its release, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 chart, and number two on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, while selling 130,000 copies in its opening week. The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on October 2, 1995, and according to Nielsen Soundscan, it has sold 1.1 million copies in the United States alone. Although it failed to acquire the same initial sales success as previous Wu-Tang solo albums, Cuban Linx achieved greater critical praise, with many complimenting its cinematic lyricism and production.

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… has received acclaim from music critics and writers over the years, with many lauding it as one of the greatest Hip Hop albums of all time. With its emphasis on American Mafia insinuations and organized crime, the album is widely regarded as a pioneer of the mafioso rap subgenre. It has been esteemed as being highly effective on hip hop music over the next decade, being heavily referenced and influential on acclaimed albums such as Reasonable Doubt (1996) and Life After Death (1997). Along with GZA‘s Liquid Swords, Cuban Linx… is widely classified as the best solo Wu-Tang material. In 2012, Rolling Stone magazine placed it at number 480 on their 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list. (Wikipedia)

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